vLLM v0.23.0 · Version scoped

In vLLM v0.23.0, `vllm:request_generation_tokens` is registered as a Prometheus histogram.

MetricvLLM v0.23.0confidence: highverified Sep 29verified-code

Metric

request_generation_tokens

Applies when

PrometheusStatLogger metrics publisherV1 metrics

Evidence

vLLM v0.23.0 v1 metrics loggers.py(vllm/v1/metrics/loggers.py:698-703)

definesprimarysource_codecode_introspection

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698:         histogram_num_generation_tokens_request = self._histogram_cls(
699:             name="vllm:request_generation_tokens",
700:             documentation="Number of generation tokens processed.",
701:             buckets=build_1_2_5_buckets(max_model_len),
702:             labelnames=labelnames,
703:         )

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Does not establish

the metric's unit of measure
what the metric measures semantically
a healthy or expected value range

Guards

vllm_version = v0.23.0
metric_name = vllm:request_generation_tokens

Freshness

Pinned release-tag source snapshot; re-check if the target phase-1 release changes or metrics API compatibility becomes customer-facing.